9Application assessment fees

#### 9 Application assessment fees 9 Application assessment fees > > (1) A Local Aboriginal Land Council must pay to the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council the assessment fee (if any) determined by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council for assessment of a land dealing approval application. > > > (2) The assessment fee is to be an amount that reflects the reasonable costs incurred by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council in assessing the land dealing approval application concerned, including (but not limited to) the costs of any expert advisory panel constituted for the purposes of assessing the application for approval. > > > (3) The assessment fee must be paid— > > > > > (a) on or before the date, or on or after the occurrence of an event, as required by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, or > > > > > (b) in accordance with arrangements agreed between the Local Aboriginal Land Council and the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council. > > > (4) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may, after an application is made, require a Local Aboriginal Land Council to give security (whether by way of deposit of money or otherwise) for the payment of the assessment fee for an approval. > > > > Note. > > > > A security in the form of a mortgage is a land dealing for which compliance with the Act will be required. > > > (5) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may waive the payment by a Local Aboriginal Land Council of the whole or any part of an assessment fee.